# The Journal of ECT

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| title         = The Journal of ECT
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| former_name   = ''Convulsive Therapy''<ref name=Fink>{{cite news |last1=Sandomir |first1=Richard |title=Max Fink, Champion of Electroconvulsive Therapy, Dies at 102 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/science/max-fink-dead.html |work=The New York Times |date=June 27, 2025}}</ref><!-- or |former_names= -->
| abbreviation  = J. ECT<!-- use ISO 4 standard -->
| discipline    = [Psychiatry](/source/Psychiatry), [electroconvulsive therapy](/source/electroconvulsive_therapy)
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| language      = English
| editor        = [Randall Espinoza](/source/Randall_Espinoza)<!-- or |editors= -->
| publisher     = [Lippincott Williams & Wilkins](/source/Lippincott_Williams_%26_Wilkins)<ref name=WoS>{{cite web |title=Journal of ECT |url=https://wos-journal.info/journalid/14898 |website=Web of Science™ (WoS) Journal Info |access-date=July 20, 2025}}</ref> on behalf of the [International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation](/source/International_Society_for_ECT_and_Neurostimulation)<ref name=about>{{cite web |title=About ISEN |url=https://www.isen-ect.org/about |website=International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation |access-date=July 19, 2025}}</ref>
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| history       = 1985<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kaplan Long |first1=Arline |title=Through the Times With Max Fink, M.D. |journal=Psychiatric Times |date=September 1, 2005 |volume=XXII |issue=10 |url=https://www.psychiatrictimes.com/view/through-times-max-fink-md}}</ref>–present
| frequency     = Quarterly
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| impact        = 1.8<ref name=WoS/>
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| nlm           = J ECT
| ISSN          = 1095-0680<!-- up to |ISSN10= -->
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| eISSN         = 1533-4112<!-- up to |eISSN10= -->
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| website       = https://journals.lww.com/ectjournal/pages/default.aspx
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'''''The Journal of ECT''''' is an academic journal focused on [electroconvulsive therapy](/source/electroconvulsive_therapy) (ECT) and related fields.{{efn|These related fields include [transcranial magnetic stimulation](/source/transcranial_magnetic_stimulation), [vagus nerve stimulation](/source/vagus_nerve_stimulation), [magnetic seizure therapy](/source/magnetic_seizure_therapy), and [deep brain stimulation](/source/deep_brain_stimulation).<ref>{{cite web |title=Journal of ECT Online |url=https://shop.lww.com/Journal-of-ECT-Online/p/1533-4112 |publisher=Wolters Kluwer |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref>}} The journal was founded as ''Convulsive Therapy'' in 1985, and [Max Fink](/source/Max_Fink) was the founding editor.<ref name=Fink/> After Fink stepped down in 1994, [Charles Kellner](/source/Charles_Kellner) assumed the role. In 2004, [Vaughn McCall](/source/Vaughn_McCall) became editor.<ref name=editors>{{cite journal | last=McCall | first=W. Vaughn | last2=Kellner | first2=Charles H. | last3=Fink | first3=Max | title=Convulsive therapy and the Journal of ECT: 30 years of publication and continuing | journal=The Journal of ECT | volume=30 | issue=1 | date=2014 | issn=1533-4112 | pmid=24553316 | doi=10.1097/YCT.0000000000000107 | doi-access=free | pages=1–2}}</ref> The fourth editor-in-chief, [Randall Espinoza](/source/Randall_Espinoza), was named in 2023.<ref name=UCLA>{{cite web |title=Dr. Randall Espinoza named editor-in-chief of international ECT journal |url=https://newsroom.ucla.edu/dept/faculty/randall-espinoza-editor-in-chief-electroconvulsive-therapy-journal |website=UCLA Newsroom |access-date=July 20, 2025 |date=December 22, 2023}}</ref> The journal aims to be "a major force in reducing stigma" against ECT.<ref name=editors/> It is published on behalf of the [International Society for ECT and Neurostimulation](/source/International_Society_for_ECT_and_Neurostimulation).<ref name=about/>

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Category:Psychiatry journals
Category:Wolters Kluwer academic journals
Category:Quarterly journals
Category:Academic journals established in 1985
Category:English-language journals

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